English: Seen in Ecumenical Christian Centre, Nallurhalli, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka 560066, India.
Remarkable shrub from western ghats...The flower has no smell and the branches have a strong This single speciman was having around 50 to 100 butterflies around it. It had the following butterflies getting attracted to it. The butterflies looked as if they were intoxicated with the nectar. They allowed us to come very near.
1) Dark blue tiger
2) Blue Tiger
3) Stripped Tiger
4) Common Crow
5) Double branded crow
6) Pioneer
7) Common albatross
8) Common wanderer
9) Banded Awl
10) Tailed Jay
11) Common Jay
12) Common leopard
13) Common Emmigrant
It was attracting a lot of bees also.
1) A bee from Syrphidae family
2) A bee from Sphecidae family
3) Thyreus sp, Apidae family
4) A lynx spider
Amazing shrub and its seen so less in Bangalore. This is the first time i am sighting this plant and what an impression it has left on me!